How to Install and Uninstall gcc-4.8-multilib Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "gcc-4.8-multilib" package

This tutorial shows how to install gcc-4.8-multilib on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gcc-4.8-multilib" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gcc-4.8-multilib on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gcc-4.8-multilib package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gcc-4.8-multilib
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 6
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gcc-4.8
Version: 4.8.5-4ubuntu2
Depends: gcc-4.8-base (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), gcc-4.8 (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), libc6-dev-i386 (>= 2.11), libc6-dev-x32 (>= 2.11), lib32gcc-4.8-dev (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), libx32gcc-4.8-dev (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-4.8/gcc-4.8-multilib_4.8.5-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 958
MD5sum: 424f2566a940fa9f867853214c3d4134
SHA1: f4ef9e766d946790740e65a812d084279925ea6e
SHA256: 77934213e304289852c2426810ae50d588ed9fd86fb14855fc2842e6bcf09be9
Description-en: GNU C compiler (multilib support)
This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
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This is a dependency package, depending on development packages
for the non-default multilib architecture(s).
Description-md5: d1bddfa375b62324197c575c04fb2e4e
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu